Healthcare
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Associate
sservello@mosessinger.com
Direct Line: (212) 554-7872
Fax Number: (212) 554-7700
Samuel J. Servello is an associate at Moses & Singer LLP in the Healthcare group. Mr. Servello’s practice focuses on healthcare law and taxation of nonprofit entities. He represents hospital systems, health plans, pharmaceutical companies and banks on transactional, privacy matters and regulatory compliance, including advising on fraud and abuse issues and medical banking concerns. Mr. Servello has extensive experience negotiating research grants and clinical trial agreements; advising on the tax implications of clinical trials activities and issues relating to exemption from taxation; and assisting tax-exempt organizations obtain recognition of tax-exempt status, maintain tax-exempt status and navigate issues around unrelated business taxable income, including income from conducting clinical research.
Mr. Servello is presently the Chair of the Health Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association. Through his efforts with the City Bar’s Health Law Committee, Mr. Servello continues to be involved with cutting edge issues that arise in the area of health law in the State of New York, including issues around establishment and expansion of medical homes in the State; the lack of on-call specialists in emergency departments; privacy and security issues presented in the sharing electronic health records; proposals to mandate that employers provide paid sick days for all employees; off-label marketing of drugs and devices; increasing organ donation through the revised New York Anatomical Gift Act; proposed legislative changes to increase of HIV testing in the State; as well as many other issues arising under New York and Federal law affecting the quality and delivery of, as well as payment for, health care services.
As a volunteer at Beth Israel Medical Center, Mr. Servello serves as a member of Beth Israel’s On-Call Disaster Team in case of a large-scale disaster.
EDUCATION
New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 1995
Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., 1994
Oberlin College, B.A., 1987
ARTICLES
"Why Should Banks Care About Healthcare Reform?," ABA Bank Compliance, July 2010.
"Time for a Change? How City Bar Committee Work Can Change Your Career Direction," profile, Forty-Fourth Street Notes, March 2008.
"The Changing Landscape of Medicaid Fraud Compliance," New York Law Journal, October 2006.
"Privacy and Security Bulletin," Moses & Singer Newsletter, May 2006.
"Family Health Care Decision Act, Position Statement of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York," primary author, January 2006.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Chair, Health Law Committee, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Secretary 2006-2008)
Member, Public Health Law Committee, New York State Bar Association
Member, American Health Lawyers Association
BAR/COURT ADMISSIONS
Massachusetts, 1996
New York, 1995
PRESENTATIONS
“Access to Healthcare in the State of New York,” principal organizer and moderator, Symposium presented by the New York City and State Bar Associations, February 2008
“Emerging Issues Regarding Electronic Exchange, Access and Storage of Health Information,” principal organizer and moderator, Symposium presented by the New York City and State Bar Associations, September 2006
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